The Defenders
Though he does n’t make an show in Netflix’sThe Defenders , Frank Castle , a.k.a . the Punisher ( Jon Bernthal ) , loomed expectant over the second season ofDaredevil . His quest to find the people who murdered his family and get revenge on those who either had a hand in it or could ’ve stopped it but did nothing was ultimately successful , even if it take him one tripper to clink and an encounter with Wilson Fisk ( Vincent D’Onofrio ) to get all the entropy he needed . His family relationship with Karen Page ( Deborah Ann Woll ) could n’t pull him back from the bound of retaliation , and the last time we see him in the show , he ’s spoil up his old house and all the memories that came with it .
What ’s next for Castle , now that he ’s succeed in begin his revenge ? That ’s a question that will be do by the upcomingPunisherTV series debuting on Netflix later this yr . Castle will be working with older friends , including Ben Barnes ’s former military man and Woll ’s Karen Page , and against new foes . Very little is bed about the patch of the series other than it will follow Castle on yet another rampage , though his targets remain unknown .
Netflix is in conclusion gearing up to market the show , with a teaser trailer do as the Easter Egg at the end ofThe Defenders ’s credits . The majority of the teaser is of Castle slam a hammer into a concrete floor over and over , intersperse with minuscule clips from the upcoming show . We do n’t get a glance at any major players outside of Castle — everything is centered around him and enigma figures . Castle also furnish the voiceover for the preview , utter about all the things he ’s done and how the past is the " devil you ’ve sell your soul to . "
The past times certainly looks like it will hail into play in the series . We get a glimpse of someone smashing a pic of a military team , a nip of Castle looking at a photograph of his family , and a jibe of Castle and his two kids on a ferryboat together . We also get a more brutal crack of Castle lunging for someone while in military geartrain — it ’s probable this is a flashback to his time do before he come home and became the Punisher . With Barnes playing a figure from Castle ’s past times , it ’s probable that this series will center on things that Castle has done coming back to ghost him and give him a Modern mission .
We ’re also promised plenty of brutality in the trailer , with multiple action stab . thing are on fire , multitude are getting shoot ( sometimes at full point blank range ) , and the very enactment of bankrupt the concrete as Castle wail is violent . The show is not going to pull puncher and make Castle out to be less than improbably vicious and brutish . Which is good news for fans of the comics . After all , Castle is scarcely a snuggly and soft character there . This will be a faithful adaptation of his type .
The final shot of the mystifier is of Castle ’s work on the concrete floor . He ’s smash his iconic skull logo into the ground . Will this mean that he ’ll don a more comic close costume at some level in the show ? The logo did make an appearance briefly inDaredevil , but Castle has yet to assume a costume in the same means other Hero of Alexandria have . His solo runnel could see him take on a more consistent uniform , which would be slightly fan - religious service - y but also a play dainty for diehard rooter .
What does it all mean ? It ’s difficult to say at this period in time . Like most Marvel projects , it ’s cover in secrecy . We do eff though that it wo n’t be all blood and violence all the time . Barnes , in an interview , did say that the series was about world shell out with psychic trauma . It ’s potential that Castle ’s traumatic past tense will extend to shape him and audiences will see him either produce or regress as he processes the masses of trauma he ’s been through throughout bothDaredevilseason two and beyond . The emotional facet will help oneself ground the show and keep it realistic .
Now thatDefendershas slay wide handout , it ’s up to Marvel and Netflix to start sellingPunisherso it will be more likeDaredeviland less likeIron Fist . Bernthal , ever the keep going human and never the lead , received rave for his work as Castle , and it ’ll be refreshful to see him leading his own show . Even though it let on footling , the mystifier is enough to start generating hype for the fall serial publication , which will be part of Netflix and Marvel ’s Phase Two , and could eventually go to Castle link up the Defenders at some full stop for their next bighearted risky venture .
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